Aleksiah & Dem Mob Win Big At 2025 SA Music Awards

South Australian music’s night of nights, the SA Music Awards, took place tonight.

Singer aleksiah and hip-hop group Dem Mob won big at a ceremony held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre. Presented by MusicSA, the state’s extraordinary talent, creativity, and achievement were celebrated across the award ceremony and performances.

Taking home four awards apiece, aleksiah and Dem Mob won in the Major, Industry, and People’s Choice categories. Notably, aleksiah also won four awards at last year’s ceremony. This time, she won Best Song (Clothes Off), Best Solo Artist, Best Release (for her EP Cry About It), and the People’s Choice Pop Award.

First Nations hip-hop group Dem Mob have now won ten SA Music Awards in just three years – five in 2023, one in 2024, and four this year – winning Best Regional Artist, Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist, Best Music Educator, and the People’s Choice Hip-Hop Award.

In addition to aleksiah and Dem Mob, Oscar The Wild and Ella Ion each claimed two awards. The former won Best Group and the People’s Choice Rock Award, while the latter won the Best New Artist and People’s Choice Folk Award. The Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival also won two awards: Best Large Music Festival and Best Regional Music Venue, Festival or Music Event (for its Limestone Coast Beer & BBQ Festival).

Other winners included effie isobel, Lion Arts Factory, TOWNS, LOLA, and more. You can see the full list of winners below.

Commenting on this year’s impressive winners, MusicSA CEO, Christine Schloithe, said: “The SA Music Awards continue to showcase the brilliant talent emerging from South Australia. This year’s winners are a collection of remarkable artists, businesses and professionals, who are not only shaping the sound of our state, but stamping their mark on the national industry.”

Minister for Arts Andrea Michaels MP added, “Congratulations to the incredible SA Music Awards winners and finalists for 2025.

“All of you have made an important contribution to South Australian music this year, and it’s wonderful to celebrate your achievements.

“As Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music, a designation we have now held for 10 years, the Malinauskas Government is committed to supporting our state’s incredible musicians and growing the South Australian music sector for the future.”

2025 SA MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS

MAJOR AWARDS

Presented by Moshtix

Best Song - Presented by Wonderlick

aleksiah (Clothes Off)

Best New Artist - Presented by WOMADelaide

Ella Ion

Best Regional Artist

DEM MOB

Best Solo Artist - Presented by Hindley Street Music Hall

aleksiah

Best Group - Presented by Moshtix

Oscar The Wild

Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist - Presented by Feel Good Nunga Radio PBA FM

DEM MOB

Best Release (EP/Album) - Presented by Against The Grain

aleksiah (Cry About It)

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Presented by The Music

Best Cover Art - Presented by Version Design

TOWNS (Dan Steinart)

Best Large Music Festival - Presented by Event Rigging Solutions

Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival

Best Live Music Photograph

Elise De Simoni (Amyl and the Sniffers)

Best Live Music Venue - Presented by AHA

Lion Arts Factory

Best Live Technician - Presented by Adelaide Backline & Production Hire

Luke Hancock

Best Manager - Presented by ThreeD

Hannah Louise

Best Music Educator - Presented by Carclew

DEM MOB

Best Music Video

effie isobel (Moon Made, dir. Grace Stewart)

Best Regional Music Venue/Festival/Event - Presented by AHA

Limestone Coast Beer & BBQ Festival

Best Small Festival - Presented by Woodville Town Hall

Porch and Recreation

Best Studio - Presented by Northern Sound System

Wizard Tone Studios

Best Studio Engineer/Producer - Presented by Novatech

Mario Späte & Lucinda Machin

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Presented by The Note

Blues & Roots - Presented by Derringers

Laura Hill

Country

River Rose

Electronic - Presented by StoreDJ

TONIX

Experimental & Art

Violet Harlot

Folk

Ella Ion

Heavy - Presented by Froth and Fury Festival

Raccoon City

Hip Hop - Presented by The Gov

DEM MOB

Jazz - Presented by 10 Gallon Hat

Live Slug Reaction

Pop

aleksiah

Punk - Presented by UniBar

LOLA

Rock - presented by The Austral

Oscar The Wild

Soul/Funk/R&B

WANDERERS